AUGUST 16, 2015
PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. —
Investigators say a man was killed Saturday afternoon when a trailer detached from a pickup truck and smashed into the thrift store where he was helping a customer.
The coroner says the victim, identified as Brian Keith, 48, of Easley, died at the scene from blunt force trauma.
Officials say the customer was not injured.
According to state troopers, a Ford F-250 was pulling a trailer along Saco Lowell Road just outside the Easley city limits about 12:15 p.m.
Investigators say it came loose from the truck, went off the road, sideswiped a parked car, went down an embankment and crashed through the building housing a thrift shop for Home with a Heart.
The shop is one of five owned by Home with a Heart ,a rehabilitation center for men struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.
Troopers have not said whether the driver would face charges.